Susan Sarandon News

Only Make Believe's 14th Annual Gala, 'Make Believe On Broadway', honoring Susan Sarandon and Dr. Alex Karp, was held last night, November 4 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Sir Ian McKellen hosted the evening and presented Sarandon with the special honor. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the red carpet arrivals below!

Only Make Believe's 14th Annual Gala, 'Make Believe On Broadway', honoring Susan Sarandon and Dr. Alex Karp, was held last night, November 4 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Sir Ian McKellen hosted the evening and presented Sarandon with the special honor. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the ceremony below!

Only Make Believe's 14th Annual Gala, 'Make Believe On Broadway', honoring Susan Sarandon and Dr. Alex Karp, was held last night, November 4 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Sir Ian McKellen hosted the evening and he even performed an amazing quick change in front of the crowd. BroadwayWorld brings you photos below!

Laurence Fox, Jack Huston, ChristIan McKay, Miranda Raison, Imogen Stubbs and MyAnna Buring will star in Strangers on a Train by Craig Warner, which will be presented at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End by Barbara Broccoli, Colleen Camp, Michael G Wilson, Lucky VIII/Lou Spisto, Frederick Zollo and Michael Rose Limited for Strangers (UK) Limited. The production, directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, will preview from today, 2 November. This gripping thriller is based on Patricia Highsmith's acclaimed novel, which was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's legendary movie.

Laurence Fox, Jack Huston, ChristIan McKay, Miranda Raison, Imogen Stubbs and MyAnna Buring will star in Strangers on a Train by Craig Warner, which will be presented at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End by Barbara Broccoli, Colleen Camp, Michael G Wilson, Lucky VIII/Lou Spisto, Frederick Zollo and Michael Rose Limited for Strangers (UK) Limited. The production, directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, will preview from Saturday 2 November. This gripping thriller is based on Patricia Highsmith's acclaimed novel, which was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's legendary movie. Check out a sneak peek below!

The Ogunquit Playhouse, America's Foremost Summer Theatre, is honored to be one of the first regional theatres in the nation to produce the astonishing international musical sensation Billy Elliot and to be selected by Cameron McIntosh to be the American Northeast premiere of his hit musical stage adaptation of The Witches of Eastwick.

A seductive Halloween tradition, Music Box Theatre and Midnight Madness entice Rocky Horror fans and virgins alike to deck out in boas, fishnets and merry widows and give themselves over to absolute pleasure as they screen The Rocky Horror Picture Show over three nights. This annual sell-out event features a raucous shadowcast (actors performing in front of the screen during the film); Midnight Madness runs raucous pre-show activities, including a dance party with the cast of the shadowcast performance. Halloween audience participation screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Showare Friday-Saturday, tonight and tomorrow, Oct. 25-26 at midnight and Thursday, Oct. 31 (Halloween) at 10 p.m. at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport. $12 admission includes a prop bag.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Three touring shows are playing this week, with 'Wicked' beginning next week, plus a lot at Northwestern, two spelling bees, more Halloween shows, appearances by Joan Crawford and Elaine Stritch, and more!

Starz has added Lela Loren (Snitch, “Gang Related”), Naturi Naughton (Fame, “The Client List,” “Mad Men”) and Joseph Sikora (Jack Reacher, Safe, “Boardwalk Empire”) to the cast of the upcoming hour-long STARZ Original drama series “Power” executive produced by Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and created by Courtney Kemp Agboh ('The Good Wife'), who will serve as executive producer and showrunner. Mark Canton (300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Escape Plan), Randall Emmett (End of Watch, 2 Guns,Lone Survivor) and David Knoller (“Big Love,' 'Carnivàle”) serve as executive producers in association with CBS Television Studios.

Broadway's most daring, curious, and talented artists are preparing to gather at Cielo for the Fall 2013 BC Beat on Monday November 11th, the showcase and dance party with it's own rules for sharing work and connecting artists. Doors open at 7pm and guests are welcomed by the evening's choreographers, Charlie Sutton, Cindy Salgado, Caleb Teicher, Kyle Mullins, Tricia Brouk, Josh Assor, Rickey Tripp, Jennifer Jancuska, and performers including Daniel Watts, Jennifer Locke, Ephraim Sykes, Aurelia Michael, Voltaire Wade-Greene, Masi Yahya James, Amber Jackson, Elizabeth Burke, Macy Sullivan, Ryan VanDenBoom, Matthew Steffens, Heather Hamilton, Shiloh Goodin, Liz Piccoli, Paul Romero, Borris York, Rachel Guest, Matthew Oaks and Michael Williams as Broadway veteran Justin Johnson curates music.

Archway Publishing, a strategic self-publishing alliance between leading global publisher Simon & Schuster and self-publishing world leader Author Solutions, LLC., announced today the iBooks StoreSM availability of celebrity talent executive Brian Edwards' autobiography, 'Enter Miss Thang.' The book will receive its official welcome tonight at a star-studded Malibu launch party hosted by model Cindy Crawford and sponsored by Casmigos and Caliche Rum.

The Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd (ATG) today announces that an agreement has been reached for global private equity firm Providence Equity Partners to become a major shareholder in the company, having successfully reached agreement for its seventh fund to purchase a majority share from current investors led by Exponent Private Equity.

Carlos de Abreu, founder and executive producer of the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, recently announced that Academy Awards - winning Julia Roberts of The Weinstein Company's 'August: Osage County' will be honored with the Hollywood Supporting Actress Award. The honor will be bestowed at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony tonight, October 21(st), 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

A seductive Halloween tradition, Music Box Theatre and Midnight Madness entice Rocky Horror fans and virgins alike to deck out in boas, fishnets and merry widows and give themselves over to absolute pleasure as they screen The Rocky Horror Picture Show over three nights. This annual sell-out event features a raucous shadowcast (actors performing in front of the screen during the film); Midnight Madness runs raucous pre-show activities, including a dance party with the cast of the shadowcast performance. Halloween audience participation screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Showare Friday-Saturday, Oct. 25-26 at midnight and Thursday, Oct. 31 (Halloween) at 10 p.m. at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport.

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year, when artist and artisan, newsman and newsmaker, singer and songwriter celebrate the holiday season with PBS. This year, Tony-winner Alfie Boe and veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw - along with 'Hal' Halvorsen, the 'candy bomber' who dropped chocolates into post-war Berlin in 1948 - join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for an inspirational concert at Temple Square. Harking back to WWI, PBS presents Silent Night, a poignant opera based on the Christmas Eve truce of 1914, when French, German and Scottish soldiers laid down their arms for one evening of peace.

Tickets are now on sale for Only Make Believe's 14th Annual Gala, 'Make Believe On Broadway' hosted by Sir Ian McKellen, honoring Susan Sarandon and Dr. Alex Karp, with performances from some of your favorite Broadway stars. The special event will take place on Monday, November 4 (7PM) at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater (242 West 45th St. NYC).

According to Deadline, NBC has given a put pilot commitment to a single-camera comedy from the mother-daughter duo, who are also set to star and executive produce. The project, titled GROWING IVY, is written by Martino and Will McCormack.

On this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, the host took on this week's odd news that both Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia publicly addressed their concerns about the end of days and the devil (respectively) in the same week.

His name is Brian Edwards - celebrated talent executive, producer, writer and occasional performer - but celebrities such as Joan Rivers and Cindy Crawford know him best as Miss Thang. In his new book, 'Enter Miss Thang' (published by Archway Publishing), Edwards details some of the most incredible, heart-wrenching and profound moments of his 30-year career in Hollywood. 'I'm living proof that anything is possible if you set your mind to it,' says Edwards.

RETURN TO DOWNTON ABBEY premieres Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).